Heterotheca villosa var. depressa (Rydb.) Semple is native the Geyer Basin in Yellowstone N.P. and in and near Grand Teton N.P. in Wyoming. It hybridizes with var. minor.
Nesom (2020) treated the taxon as H. depressa (Rydb.) Dorn with a slightly larger range than in Semple (1996).
Last revised 1 May 2025 by J.C. Semple
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1-4. Heterotheca villosa var. depressa. 1. Old Faithful Geyser and small plants (red arrow points out one), Yellowstone N.P. 2. Habit, Semple & B. Semple 10355, Teton Co., Wyoming. 3. Flowering shoot by Old Faithful Geyser. 4. Distribution, Fig. 39 B (Semple 1996).